PLANS to create a tourist attraction on a former mine site near Callington are expected to be refused by Caradon planners today (Thursday), because of insufficient information on key issues, including the size of the buildings, highways and contamination. Applicant Mother Earth '98 aims to construct a visitors' centre and ancillary buildings, mining heritage display and the remediation of site contamination by natural methods at the former Redmoor tin mine at Kelly Bray. The location lies within the World Heritage Mining Landscape of Cornwall and West Devon. Caradon District Council's planning officers have said that while the principle of a mine-related tourist attraction could not be ruled out on the site, the details accompanying the current proposal have failed to address a number of key issues. In a report to the planning committee, officers have said: 'Clearly the challenge is to ensure that any proposal is sensitive and appropriate and does not inadvertently harm the assets of the site that are important for its World Heritage status.' The applicants have anticipated that the annual visitor numbers to the site would be in the region of 8,000 to 11,000. The Redmoor Mine scheme is part of a trio of projects that together comprise the Haye Valley Project — the other two elements being the erection of a counselling centre at Haye Valley Mill, which was granted planning permission last year, together with the planting of orchards at Wonnacott near Callington. Callington Town Council has supported the scheme at Redmoor, subject to consultations regarding traffic flows on and off the A388. It has been stated by the applicants that the overall aims of the project are to create a commercial enterprise at Redmoor Mine, supporting local charitable ventures in particular the Haye Mill Charity Trust which runs a free counselling service. Councillors were told the main issue for this site was the considerable heritage element, but there were also plans to create a horticultural venture and ecological display. In time the site would be the public interface for the whole Haye Valley Project and would include an exhibition, processing building, workshops, retail and refectory building, an organic horticultural area for herbs and vines and the heritage display of the redundant mine site.